Apollo8933

Sorry for being short. I do appreciate the answers but so few answered the true question I suppose I was pushing people to search in their minds for things. I'm asking big or small....just interesting things they do without orders.

Also I have clearly stated earlier that I ask for responses that are within legality and scope of practice. I am asking across the board interventions people can do without a doctor. And yes the fact that we are nurses do mean that we can act and work autonomously. That is actually written in my nurse practice act. I ask for answers to the question and not attitude that does not pertain to the actual question which I will restate: "what interesting, yet legal, interventions can you or have you done that does not need the order of the doctor because there may not be a doctor around?"

Firstly read what is written and respond please. Secondly there is a difference between what CAN be done legally and what people will do legally and be comfortable with cut the attitude people.

You would only help a woman in labor that much? Right in my nursing textbook it tells you how to deliver a baby we an do that without a doctor if no one is around...? And yes we have chainsaw wounds come into my urgent care because people hate the ER and the treatment they receive there. I did not call the ambulance right away rather I assessed first rather than ignorantly called 911 first and I cleaned the wound and checked vitals and called for the doctor who would've stitched it herself if it wasn't so busy so I placed a pressure dressing and sent him to the ER. To simply call 911 or depend on only the ER is a waste of our skills. And nursing practice acts are actually uninformative simply because they are vague; reason being to help us when we are in emergency situations so that we can still be protected AND to also give additional aid to the patient. This thread is meant to be progressive I suppose, not latent. What I want to do was written earlier...the point of this is to find unusual or interesting interventions people have done that are legal and without doctors orders because there is no doctor around; NOT meaning standing orders or protocols.

Exactly the point of this thread. We are taught to be more than servants working on orders and in our world RNs are being given more and more rights and privileges. The idea of this was to help myself and others interested with what we can do without doctors in the hopes to learn and gain further autonomy.

Thank you for answering the actual question lol :)

Without a doctor you are still a nurse....so what are interesting things you can do that may be uncommon but still legal to do per state or county

My point of this thread was to learn of interesting nursing actions that can be done WHEN THERE IS NO DOCTOR I do not work for a hospital but an urgent care clinic we get crazy cases like chain saw wounds to necks etc etc. But I am a nurse outside of work too....what nursing actions do you feel comfortable doing outside when you are simply a nurse...not an ICU nurse not an ER nurse etc....

Really? That's pretty incredible and surprising actually! So you don't need an order for just NS? For hydration?

Hey all! Have been reviewing multiple websites, state government and blogs and found that laws are very vague. I know this is to allow grey areas to occur to allow patient safety as well as protect nurses and other health professionals in emergencies but I was wondering...what are some of the things that you all can do without doctors orders? Obviously comfort is a consideration here but name some examples all responses welcome :)